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Well, Well, Well. We are going to have a new commander-in-chief. First time in 20 years he won't be named Clinton or Bush (close call on the last comment, but we snapped the dynasty)
Everyone in California is thrilled. I wish I had the licence on the "Obama" tee-shirts, and the number 44. Folks going through security at the airports, headed for Washington, like they were going to visit a new grand baby. Optimism is high, expectations are even higher.
This guy is the new Messiah. I guess we have all reached the mountaintop, we are all looking into the promised land. As the baptist preacher said decades ago, "the arc of morality is long, but it bends toward justice." Hmm.

It is my considered opinion, though, that EVENTS shape our world and not people, certainly not a single person. My concession on this point might be that the combination of events and people shift the world. It is the reaction of people to events that change the way we think.

About now, some of you are jumping on what you would point to as the obvious example of my argument being proven wrong. Am I right?
But consider this, what would the Gospel be if there were no Crucifixion event? You see, the event changed the course of history and time. It shifted the plan and purpose from a people, to a son, to a church. The event, perhaps planned before the beginning of time, changed the world like no other.

This new guy will be judged by the events on his watch. The changes aren't wrapped up in who he is, but in what happens to him, just like the previous 43. It is our job to carefully articulate discernment in the midst of the chaos sure to follow.

Should be an interesting part of our journey.
Godspeed.
Don